SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — An environmental review and new regulations for shale gas development are likely to be finished by the end of February, but additional obstacles will delay production until late next year even if Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives drillers a green light, an industry lawyer said Wednesday.

“We think we see a light at the end of the tunnel,” Tom West told members of the state Association of General Contractors at their annual meeting, noting that the Department of Environmental Conservation filed for a 90-day extension on completing new drilling regulations last week rather than letting proposed regulations expire.